Merlon - Wikipedia As an essential part of battlements, merlons were used in fortifications for millennia The best-known examples appear on medieval buildings, where battlements, though defensive, could be attractively formed, thus having a secondary decorative purpose
Crenellations: Crowning Castles - Medievalists. net Each upright section is called a merlon or crenel, and they protected defenders from attacks Defenses could be further increased by the addition of shutters or doors over the gaps (embrasures) as recreated at Gravensteen in Gent, Belgium Crenellations were just one element in the line of defense
merlon - Wiktionary, the free dictionary An illustration of a battlement or crenellation [n 1] The merlons are the upright projecting parts, and the portions in between them are the crenels or embrasures Loopholes are present in the merlons depicted This symbol of a castle or rook in chess has three merlons at its top
Battlements: Parts Of A Medieval Castle Typically located along the top edges of castle walls and towers, battlements consist of alternating high sections called merlons and low gaps known as crenels or embrasures
Battlement | Masonry, Fortification Defense | Britannica Battlement, the parapet of a wall consisting of alternating low portions known as crenels, or crenelles (hence crenellated walls with battlements), and high portions called merlons
Merlon Explained The two most notable European variants in Middle Ages merlons shape were the Ghibelline and the Guelph merlon: the former ended in the upper part with a swallow-tailed form, while the latter term indicates the normal rectangular shape merlons (wimperg)
Merlon | Military Wiki | Fandom A merlon forms the vertical solid parts of a battlement or crenellated parapet —in Medieval architecture of fortifications for millennia Merlons are sometimes narrowly pierced by vertical embrasure "slits" to view and fire through
Merlon - Wikiwand A merlon is the solid, upright section of a battlement in medieval architecture or fortifications Merlons are sometimes pierced by narrow, vertical embrasures,